(August 8, 2018 at 9:20 pm)bennyboy Wrote:(August 8, 2018 at 8:52 pm)Alexmahone Wrote: Most of us own a pocket-sized computer that can do literally hundreds of things, one of which is making phone calls. So why are these miniature computers called "smartphones"?
Because the ability to call is probably the only function that, if it were missing, would cause you not to carry that device around any more.
A PDA was a not-phone. Nobody uses them any more.